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Worldwide Internet Music Resources - From the Indiana University School of Music, covers all genres

Internet Sites

Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music

Classical Net: Guide to Composer Data & Works List

Enjoyment of Music Textbook - Register for a free password.

Mutopia Project - free sheet music in public domain

Musicals101.com: the Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV, and Film

Ricci Adams’ Musictheory.net – Tutorials about music theory (requires Macromedia Flash)

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary -- Glossary of music terms with audible pronunciations and QuickTime pictures

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

Print Sources

To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:

blues (music)

concerto

Gershwin, George

music appreciation

music -- 20th century

Selected Reference Books

Nettl, Bruno, ...[et al.] ed. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland, 2002.
OR Reference ML 100 .G16 1998
AH Reference ML 100 .C69 2008 [Concise version]

Randel, Don Michael, ed. Harvard Dictionary of Music. 4th ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003.
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference ML 100 .A64 

Sadie, Stanley, ed. New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.2nd ed. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 2002.
AH, OR Reference ML 100. N48

Slonimsky, Nicolas, ed. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York: Schirmer's Books, 2001.
AH, HL, OR  Reference ML 105 .B16 2001

Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)

M 5 - 1490 Instrumental Music

M 1495 - 5000 Vocal Music

ML 159 - 3799 History of Music, including biographies of composers

MT 40 - 86 Analytical Guides (how to listen to and understand musical compositions)

MT 90 - 146 Composition, including rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, modulation, counterpoint, improvisation, orchestration